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300-410 Practice Question: Which BGP attribute is used as the first…
Which BGP attribute is used as the first tie-breaker when selecting the best path for route summarization?
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Weight
The highest weight (locally configured) is the first tie-breaker in BGP path selection, before local preference.
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Local preference
Why it's wrong here
Local preference is the second tie-breaker, after weight.
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Weight
Why this is correct
Weight is Cisco-specific and is checked first.
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AS path length
Why it's wrong here
AS path length is checked later in the selection process.
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MED
Why it's wrong here
MED is compared only after multiple other attributes.
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